There are two gates to the city. One of them is in the southern extremity of the valley, and conducts to Syracuse. The other is on the opposite side, and leads to those lands so famed for their fertility, and which are called the Leontine fields. Below... A classical tour through Italy and Sicily - Página 423por sir Richard Colt Hoare (2nd bart.) - 1819Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Polybius - 1809 - 476 páginas
...these hills, above the brows, is flat and plain, and is covered with temples and with houses. There are two gates to the city. One of them is in the southern...the river, lies the road which has been mentioned. EXTRACT THE SECOND. The treaty that was concluded between Annibal, general of the Carthaginians, and... | |
| sir Richard Colt Hoare (2nd bart.) - 1817 - 296 páginas
...and leads to those lands, so ** famed for their fertility, and which are called the Leon•• tine fields. Below the hill, that stands on the western...castle. This city gave birth to the famous orator Goro'ias, whose eloquence induced the Athenians to undertake the fatal expedition against Syracuse.... | |
| Polybius - 1823 - 518 páginas
...these hills, above the brows, is fiat and plain, and is covered with temples and with houses. There are two gates to the city. One of them is in the southern...the river lies the road which has been mentioned. EXTRACT THE SECOND. The treaty that was concluded between Annibal, general of the Carthaginians, and... | |
| John Ramsay McCulloch - 1842 - 964 páginas
...lands so famed for their fertility, called the Leoutlne fields. Below the hill that stands on the W. side of the valley, flows the river Lissus ; and on...river. Between these houses and the river lies the road that has been mentioned." ( Hampton' t /Wy6/«i, ili. 105.) In his third oration against Verrcs, Cicero... | |
| John Ramsay McCulloch - 1842 - 968 páginas
...Leon tine fields. Below the hill that stands on the W. side of the valley, Sows the river Llssus ; and on the same side, likewise, there is a row of...river. Between these houses and the river lies the road that has been mentioned." {Hampton's Polybiu*, ill. 105.) In his third oration against Verres, Cicero... | |
| John Ramsay McCulloch - 1866 - 634 páginas
...banks are principally of spruce and the yellow pine, both of a large growth ; and the soil on the lel to the river. Between these houses and the river lies the road that has been mentioned.' (Hampton's Polybius, iii. 100.) In his third oration against Verres, Cicero... | |
| Augustus John Cuthbert Hare, Welbore St. Clair Baddeley - 1905 - 244 páginas
...buildings allotted to the administration of government and justice, and in a word, the whole that is called Forum. The two sides of the valley are enclosed by...the river lies the road which has been mentioned.' — Hampton's Polybius, iii. 105. After passing the station of Agnone, on the left is the picturesque... | |
| Augustus J. C. Hare - 2007 - 548 páginas
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